BALI, Indonesia – Police investigating an American couple suspected of killing the woman’s mother at a resort hotel on Indonesia’s Bali island say the three had a disagreement over who was paying for the rooms but that a motive for the crime has not been established.
Heather Mack and her boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, have been declared suspects in the killing of Mack’s 62-year-old mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, whose body was stuffed into a suitcase.
Naming someone a suspect is a formal step under Indonesian criminal law meaning police are preparing to bring charges.
Bali police chief Maj. Gen. Benny Mokalu said Wednesday officers had interviewed 19 witnesses, some of whom cited a disagreement between the three over who should pay for the rooms.
Mokalu said a motive has not been established.
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